11800 Championship Drive,
Moorpark, California 93021
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+1 (805) 532 2834Pro shop
+1 (805) 532 2835Fax
+1 (805) 532 1144Website
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Tim Bauman / Brad SherfyThe Course:
27 holes. Open parkland. Undulating terrain - hilly.
Surroundings:
Rural countryside, residential and orange groves.
Designer:
A Peter Jacobsen Signature Course
Above distances are for the Ridgeline / Creekside nines. The Canyon Crest nine, at 3432 yds (back tees), is of similar length as the other two nines.
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48 miles NW of Los Angeles
From Hwy 118 (Ronald Reagan Pkwy), approx 6 miles west of Simi Valley, take exit 18A and head west on Los Angeles Ave. After 1 mile turn right into Moorpark Ave, which becomes Walnut Canyon Road. After 2 miles turn left into Championship Drive. After 1.2 miles Clubhouse is on your left.
Moorpark, CA
Moorpark Country Club is stunningly located in the folding hills and canyons of the south-western part of the Santa Susana mountain range. From its many lofty vantage points you will enjoy spectacular views over surrounding hills and communities, and away to distant mountains (and on clear days the Pacific Ocean).
Each of the three nine-hole loops: Ridgeline, Creekside and Canyon Crest, provide exciting elevation changes, challenging shot-making and stunning views. The last four holes of Ridgeline and virtually all of the Creekside holes are flanked or crossed by creeks, wash areas, ponds and wetlands - all to be factored in to your course management, and avoided if possible.
Achieving a balance between the dramatic intensity of the terrain and the playability of the course has been excellently achieved by designer Peter Jacobsen, although if the wind is blowing, the generally good-width fairways are going to feel a whole lot narrower. Housing sits above just one or two sections of the perimeter, but is barely noticeable and in no way detracts from the layout's innate naturalness, with open hills and desert-like scrub flanking most of the holes.
The Creekside course, with one or two tighter, creek-crossing holes than the Ridgeline, gets you alongside the apricot groves from which Moorpark derives its name (see Did You Know section below). All 27-holes present a powerful, dramatic and immensely scenic layout, that just demands to be played.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Golf carts compulsory; carts are fitted with GPS.
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Moorpark Country Club in California is indirectly linked to the renowned Moor Park Golf Club in England - by apricots! The Moor Park Estate in Hertfordshire, England (complete with its impressive Palladian-style mansion clubhouse) was where Admiral Lord Anson (1697-1762) successfully cultivated the moorpark apricot. The moorpark is still the most popular garden variety of apricot in the UK.
The Spanish brought Anson's moorpark apricots to the New World, first planting them in Mexico, and later, in their California missions. Founded in 1900 by Robert Poindexter, the town of Moorpark (Ventura County, California), is named after the moorpark apricot, which was widely grown in this area.
1775 Madera Road, Simi Valley, California 93065
+1 (805) 584 6300
Visit websiteThis Simi Valley hotel offers deluxe amenities and boutique service; ideally located in the scenic stretch between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. Just minutes away from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Moorpark College and close to the excellent array of golf courses that are clustered in this area.
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Rustic Canyon
Moorpark; Lost Canyons
191 Cochran Street, Simi Valley, California 93065
+1 (805) 915 5000
Visit websiteThe Courtyard by Marriott in Simi Valley is conveniently located between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara in beautiful Ventura County. Just minutes away from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and close to the excellent array of golf courses that are clustered in this area.
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Rustic Canyon
Moorpark; Lost Canyons
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